Klarinet Archive - Posting 000302.txt from 1996/08

From: Richard Parmer <rparmer@-----.COM>
Subj: community bands
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 19:53:10 -0400

>A community band is definitely community service. Many people who have
>played in high school and college are now in the work force and don't
>have time to practice as much as they used to. We have doctors and
>lawyers in our band who just play to have a good time. Such a band is a
>service to the players, as well as the audience.

I play in a small community band in the summer. Our main purpose is to
supply background music for our dancing floozies (actually, they are nice
women, but their outfits suggest otherwise). We play in on our "float"-it's
an OLD fire truck, in the parades in our town and the surrounding
communities. I find that being in this band is frustrating, people don't
give us recognition for what we do (this includes the dancers, I've never
heard them say much of anything to us). From talking to some of my friends
I know that they feel this way also.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions on how to get the recognition we
deserve or is it hopeless? The director is open to suggestions. Thank you
for reading my rambling.

Carrie Parmer

   
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